How to assemble an interior in SketchUp: from a plan to a 3D interior in SketchUp in 20 minutes
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In this short video, you'll see what the final 3D scene looks like after creating a room plan.
We'll compare the 2D drawing and the final 3D model so you can clearly see how the drawing turns into a finished space.
Timestamps:
00:00 — Welcome and lesson topic
00:08 — What we'll be doing: plan, walls, openings, furniture, materials
00:14 — How to work with plans in SketchUp
🔧 Preparing the workspace
00:36 — Model settings: millimeters, units, precision
01:07 — Where to enable top view display
01:41 — Parallel projection for working in 2D
📐 Importing plans
02:05 — Getting started with plans
02:10 — DWG or JPG/PNG: which to use
02:25 — How to upload a JPG plan
02:40 — Checking scale using a doorway
02:53 — Scaling with a tape measure
03:18 — Why DWG drawings are more convenient
03:29 — Importing a DWG plan and checking scale
🧱 Outlining and elevation Walls
03:43 — Outlining Walls: Line and Rectangle
04:09 — How to Work Without a Point Snap
04:30 — Outlining Load-Bearing Walls According to a Plan
04:55 — Raising Walls with the Extrude Tool
05:09 — Quickly Raising Other Walls with a Double-Click
05:21 — Removing Extra Lines, Connecting Walls
🪟 Window and Door Openings
05:57 — Moving to Openings
06:48 — Setting the Window Sill and Window Height
07:02 — Outlining Window Openings with a Rectangle
07:11 — Raising the Upper Parts of Openings
07:50 — Cleaning Up Internal Surfaces
08:20 — Removing Extra Lines and Adjusting Geometry
🚪 Interior Partitions
08:42 — Starting to Outline Partitions
09:03 — Complex Areas and Uneven Areas Plan
09:28 — Creating doorways manually
10:05 — Correcting curved lines and adjusting corners
11:01 — Completing all interior openings
🧩 Working with components
11:17 — Why you shouldn't delete load-bearing lines
11:23 — We've raised the basic layout — what's next
11:34 — How DWG helps you build furniture more accurately
11:47 — Creating slats, partitions, and components
📦 Creating a floor and zones
12:07 — Creating a floor with a single rectangle
12:21 — Dividing the floor into zones (kitchen, bathroom)
12:52 — If the line doesn't cut the surface — what to do
13:14 — How to divide a surface inside a component
13:29 — Dividing the floor into zones, restoring the plane
🟫 Creating slats and copying
13:40 — Copying slats using x (multiple) copies)
14:03 — Setting the number of copies
14:07 — Filling in missing elements
🛋 Adding furniture
14:10 — Starting to fill the interior
14:16 — Opening 3D Warehouse
14:22 — Selecting and loading a sofa
14:32 — Splitting the component, selecting the desired object
14:44 — Rotating the sofa with the Q tool
15:04 — Scaling furniture (without distorting the shape)
15:22 — Quickly filling the interior with furniture
📁 Libraries, materials, files
15:30 — Maxim talked about a free library on Telegram
15:51 — Working with materials: laminate, tile
16:03 — How to import your own texture
16:22 — Render material library (V-Ray/Enscape)
16:29 — Importing wood into the model
16:37 — Applying laminate to the floor
16:44 — Adjusting Materials in Specific Areas
🧱 Walls, Ceilings, Sections
17:15 — Adding a Ceiling and Making It Visible
17:22 — Section for Viewing the Interior from Above
17:36 — Why It's Better to Work in Groups and Layers
17:54 — Creating New Layers (Walls, Furniture, Windows)
18:02 — The Tags Tool — Distributing Elements across Layers
🎨 Setting Up Styles and Visualization
18:32 — Setting Up Plan Transparency and Ground Color
19:00 — Basic Visualization Without Rendering
19:11 — Creating Scenes and Cameras
19:28 — Adding Shadows and Setting Up Lighting
20:04 — Setting Up the Time of Day and Lighting
20:34 — Updating the Scene to Preserve Shadows
21:09 — Final